After a long break from recording, rap pioneer Kool Moe Dee has announced that he is working on a new album. "The old school tours are fine," Kool Moe Dee explained. "They get my feet wet. But from ...

1989: Kool Moe Dee dropped off his third studio album, Knowledge Is King, which was an instant classic. Kool Moe Dee, born Mohandas Dewese, was present from the start of hip-hop's emergence as a ...

Rapper Kool Moe Dee, whose famous 1981 battle with Busy Bee may be the most influential moment in rap history, is auctioning off some of his royalties. Famous for legendary early '80s singles with his ...

XXL: Initially, how did you get involved with Macklemore for “Downtown”? Melle Mel: Well, initially the call came from Big Daddy Kane. Kane is good friends with Macklemore's manager [Josh Dick] and ...

While Kool Moe is preparing to release his book, “There’s A God on The Mic,” pioneering hip-hop photographer Ernie Paniccioli may be filing a lawsuit against the rapper, for not paying for images used ...

The National Hip-Hop Museum (NHHM) closed out the year by honoring hip-hop legends at their Hip-Hop Holiday Honors held at the historic Bethesda Theater on Dec. 28. The recognition was in conjunction ...

The same way the deluge of horrid rap-metal in the late ’90s sent throngs of appalled rock fans scurrying for the comforts of Led Zeppelin and the Beatles — sometimes for the first time — hip-hop’s ...

*Episode 5 of the Radioscope Raw podcast features our Spring 1989 interview with rapper Kool Moe Dee. The emcee and former member of the Treacherous Three was among hip hop’s most successful artists, ...

Hip-hop icon Lovebug Starski has passed away at 57. Hip-hop icon Lovebug Starski has passed away at 57. Released around the time mainstream America first started to fall in love with hip-hop, 1984's ...

Grammy winner Kool Moe Dee is set to bring a cool factor to NYC Homecoming Week. The pioneering rapper from Harlem will help lead Monday’s concert at the Bronx’s Orchard Beach as one of the performers ...

Isaac Bruce walked into the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio remembering everyone who helped get him there: From his family, former coaches and his former teammates on the Rams.

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